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The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Amid rising oil prices and the need to slow down global warming from fossil fuels, the government's vow to give electric vehicles a big policy push is more than welcome. The road ahead will not be easy, however.

Bangkok Post

A clean energy grid means 10,000km of new transmission lines. They can only be built with community backing

If you drive through central Victoria, you might wonder at the signs reading “Piss off AusNet” in shop windows or even mown into grassland. Communities and farmers are pushing back against plans for new 85-metre towers and transmission lines needed to transmit renewable power to the cities.

The Conversation

'We're sleepwalking into disaster': A dairy farmer's experience of the energy crisis

AS the prices of energy, grain and fertilizer skyrocket, it is no surprise to hear that Scotland’s farmers are facing a perfect storm amid the…

The National (Scotland)

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British Gas and Octopus Energy delivers 'significant' plan to UK Government to freeze bills

The top energy companies are urging the UK Government to freeze gas and electricity bills before the end of the year, as millions of Brits face a torrid, cold winter.

Glasgow Live

Russia says Ukrainian 'sabotage' behind pylon blasts in southern Kursk region

Russia's FSB security service on Tuesday accused Ukrainian "saboteurs" of repeatedly blowing up electricity pylons running from a nuclear reactor complex in the southern Russian region of Kursk, disrupting the plant's operations.

Reuters

Energy bill price cap could hit £5,500 in April, latest data predicts

On Monday, electricity prices increased by around £100 per megawatt hour

Manchester Evening News

Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains US$370 billion for climate and energy programs, policy experts are forecasting a big expansion in clean electricity generation. One source that’s poised for growth is offshore wind power.

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Full details on £400 energy rebate monthly discounts starting in October for 29m households

Everything you need to know about reduced direct debit payments, refunds, pre-payment meters and people who do not qualify.

Daily Record

Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next? Energy expert Q&A

While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to bite. According to the latest forecasts in the UK, the minimum price cap for households’ electricity and heating costs is set to more than double…

The Conversation

Egypt Renews Adherence to Nile River Water Rights

Egypt has renewed its “adherence” to its water rights, a few days after Ethiopia announced completing the third filling of its mega dam reservoir and the electricity production from the second turbine without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt and Sudan demand that Ethiopia halt the construction work at the Grand…

Asharq Al-Awsat

City of the future: can London adapt to survive the soaring temperatures?

As the heatwave showed, our cities are going to have to work hard to cope with the climate emergency. From plastic-paved roads to heat-pumped buildings, what might the London of the future look like?

Evening Standard

Qld hydrogen tilt needs big renewable push

A future in which Queensland is a green hydrogen superpower will demand a huge investment in renewable energy and a considerable labour pool for construction.

AAP

Ratch deals put capacity plan on course

Ratch Group Plc, Thailand's largest private power producer by capacity, expects to conclude three deals on new asset purchases in the third quarter of this year to put it on track to add 700 megawatts of electricity generation capacity to its portfolio in 2022.

Bangkok Post

BGRIM posts B14.67bn earnings in Q2

SET-listed B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) recorded revenue of 14.6 billion baht in the second quarter of 2022 from higher electricity tariffs, increased sale volumes and contributions from renewals in Laos and Thailand.

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The Hindu

Explain why electricity tariff should not be revised annually, HC asks Tangedco, TNERC

Court also wants to know why power suppliers should not be paid strictly on the basis of seniority

Daily Mirror

Terrified mum says she'll have to go hungry to keep son alive with life-saving equipment

Maxine Rothchester's disabled son Isaac, nine, weighs just 11kg and has a rare condition called Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome which requires round the clock care and specialist equipment

The Guardian - UK

Kosovo stops import of electricity and begins energy rationing

Power blackouts after wholesale prices soar as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Conversation

Britain's energy price cap was never designed to keep your gas and electricity affordable

The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an “energy price cap”. Perhaps weirdly to many, nothing has actually gone wrong in terms of what the price cap was designed…

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Tesla software updates reveal a potential roadblock to electric vehicles’ expansion

Opinion: Over-the-air updates are especially common for vehicles that run fully or partially on electricity instead of gasoline or another fuel. But there's a policy snag.

Daily Mirror

Man reveals the two appliances racking up his energy bill - despite being on standby

The energy-saver used an electricity meter to find out that some household appliances can cost as much as £60 a year when they're left plugged in on standby mode

Bangkok Post

Record-high electricity price rise approved

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved an 18% rise in the price of electricity for the September-December quarter, to a record-high 4.72 baht per kilowatt hour (unit).

Reuters

Kosovo starts power cuts as a result of energy crisis

Kosovo’s energy distribution company, KEDS, said it would start power cuts at 8 a.m. on Monday because of a lack of domestic production and high import prices.“Consumers will have six hours on and two hours off,” KEDS spokesperson Viktor Buzhala told Reuters. The company did not say when the cuts…

The Hindu

Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

Where does India stand when compared to countries that had become independent in the same time period and with other developed nations?

The Guardian - UK

Wind, hydrogen, no demolitions: how next PM can put UK on net zero path

Boris Johnson’s plans are behind schedule and the CBI says Britain is falling behind Europe and the US

The Times of India

Automatic monthly power rate revision on government anvil

NEW DELHI: The power ministry is seeking to implement automatic monthly revision in electricity tariffs by changing the Electricity Regulations 2005 to achieve a key objective of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 that is stuck in Parliament’s standing committee on energy.

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